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You're right that Fahrenheit is probably the least silly of your measurings, since Celsius is just on a different scale and almost as arbitrary. But all the oth

by jazoom 10y ago

You're right that Fahrenheit is probably the least silly of your measurings, since Celsius is just on a different scale and almost as arbitrary. But all the others are just ridiculous. Though, celsius does have the benefit of being on same scale as Kelvin, which is great.

CydeWeys 10y ago
As an American, I've basically given up on using our units, and think of everything in SI and convert figures to it before doing calculations. To give you an idea of how absurd things are, there are 16 ounces in a pound, but 8 ounces in a cup. When you're trying to make recipes, it sometimes isn't clear if the measurement is by weight or by volume. Oh, and there's three teaspoons in a tablespoon, and two tablespoons in an ounce. Or is it the other way around? Fuck it, I give up, I'm sticking with mL and g where everything makes sense. And I don't even want to get into the differences between the different kinds of tons, pints, gallons, and miles. There are three different kinds of miles in common usage, plus over a dozen historical ones. It's enough to drive you mad.
- jazoom 10y ago
  Stuff like this really annoys me. I don't think I could ever survive in your country. Maybe if I was born into it I could handle it.
  - CydeWeys 10y ago
    We are at least aware of how terrible our units are for mass, weight, and volume, fortunately, so grams and liters are in widespread usage and understood by most. Unfortunately the recipes haven't caught on to that yet. And people aren't used to using SI units for larger masses. We're not so good about SI units for temperature, speed, and distance though, despite the particular failings of the latter two.
- hvidgaard 10y ago
  There is one now famous scene from the OCC show, where they demonstrate why the imperial system is quite the pain to work with. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pikrntjcbyw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pikrntjcbyw
- xxs 10y ago
  >>and two tablespoons in an ounce. Or is it the other way around an ounce is around 30g. A tablespoon has to be half of it and a teaspoon is ~5g

by jazoom 10y ago

CydeWeys 10y ago

As an American, I've basically given up on using our units, and think of everything in SI and convert figures to it before doing calculations. To give you an idea of how absurd things are, there are 16 ounces in a pound, but 8 ounces in a cup. When you're trying to make recipes, it sometimes isn't clear if the measurement is by weight or by volume. Oh, and there's three teaspoons in a tablespoon, and two tablespoons in an ounce. Or is it the other way around? Fuck it, I give up, I'm sticking with mL and g where everything makes sense. And I don't even want to get into the differences between the different kinds of tons, pints, gallons, and miles. There are three different kinds of miles in common usage, plus over a dozen historical ones. It's enough to drive you mad.

jazoom 10y ago
Stuff like this really annoys me. I don't think I could ever survive in your country. Maybe if I was born into it I could handle it.
- CydeWeys 10y ago
  We are at least aware of how terrible our units are for mass, weight, and volume, fortunately, so grams and liters are in widespread usage and understood by most. Unfortunately the recipes haven't caught on to that yet. And people aren't used to using SI units for larger masses. We're not so good about SI units for temperature, speed, and distance though, despite the particular failings of the latter two.
hvidgaard 10y ago
There is one now famous scene from the OCC show, where they demonstrate why the imperial system is quite the pain to work with. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pikrntjcbyw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pikrntjcbyw
xxs 10y ago
>>and two tablespoons in an ounce. Or is it the other way around an ounce is around 30g. A tablespoon has to be half of it and a teaspoon is ~5g